New International Humanitarian Order

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 109 Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, questions relating to refugees, returnees and displaced persons and humanitarian questions, published in 2001.

What other versions does this mandate have?

16 versions · 1982–2009

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/63/147

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2009	A/RES/63/147	New international humanitarian order	452	32%Compare
2007	A/RES/61/138	New international humanitarian order	190	20%Compare
2005	A/RES/59/171	New international humanitarian order	780	22%Compare
2003	A/RES/57/184	New international humanitarian order	563	40%Compare
2001	A/RES/55/73	New international humanitarian order	554	28%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

4 reports · 2002–2010

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2010	A/65/82	Strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/63/147
2006	A/61/224	New international humanitarian order report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/59/171
2004	A/59/554	New international humanitarian order report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/57/184
2002	A/57/583	New international humanitarian order report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/55/73

What subjects does this mandate have?

11 subjects

Cooperation Between Organizations Freedom of Movement Groups of Experts Human Rights in Armed Conflicts Humanitarian Assistance Humanitarian Emergencies Information Exchange Non-Governmental Organizations Refugee Law Relief Personnel Staff Security

What’s in this document?

7 operative paragraphs

Notes the Secretary-General’s continuing support of efforts to promote a new international humanitarian order;

Invites the Secretary-General to continue to promote strict adherence to refugee law, international humanitarian law, human rights instruments and internationally accepted norms and principles in situations of armed conflict and complex emergencies;

Urges Governments, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations and others concerned to extend cooperation and provide support to the efforts of the Secretary-General, inter alia, through the relevant United Nations agencies and organizational mechanisms set up to address the assistance and protection needs of victims of complex emergencies as well as the safety and security of United Nations and other humanitarian workers;

Calls upon all Governments and parties involved in complex humanitarian emergencies to ensure the safe and unhindered access of humanitarian personnel so as to allow them to perform efficiently their task of assisting the affected civilian populations;

Invites Governments to make available to the Secretary-General, on a voluntary basis, information and expertise on humanitarian problems of concern to them, in order to identify opportunities for future action;

Invites the Independent Bureau for Humanitarian Issues to continue and to strengthen further its activities, including cooperation with the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs of the Secretariat and the other relevant bodies of the United Nations system;

Requests the Secretary-General to remain in contact with Governments and the relevant international and non-governmental organizations and to report to the General Assembly at its fifty-seventh session on the progress made concerning the promotion of a new international humanitarian order and compliance with refugee law, international humanitarian law and human rights instruments in armed conflicts and emergency situations.

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